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DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN.

COIN GONTROL'LED REGISTERING MACHINE.

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COIN CONTROLLED REGISTERING MACHINE. No. 543,755.

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DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN, OF ROME, ITALY.

COINJCQNTROLLVED REGISTERING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,7 55, dated. July 30, 1895.

Application filed November 24, 1894:. fierial No. 529,822- (No To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, DETALMO DI BRAZZA SAVORGNAN, of Rome, Italy, haveinvented a new and Improved Coin-Controlled Registering-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple and effective registering-machine which may be used for'various purposes,but which is more especially designed for registering letters, the machine to be placed at convenient points, so that letters can be registered where they are mailed, thereby obviating the necessity of going to the post-office in person. r

My invention consists in a locked registering-table and letter-receiving box capable of being unlocked by a coin dropped into coinoperated mechanism and in mechanism for weighing and numbering the letter or package, dating, numbering, and delivering the receipt, and dropping the letter into the letter- It also consists in a device for forming the paper band into a book, which becomes the letter-register.

It also consists in devices for preventing the machine from being operated when the supply of record-paper is exhausted, also in ments and operations, so that they must ocour in regular sequence.

It also consists in various other details of construction, as hereinafter more fully de- Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic plan view showing the relation of various parts. Fig.2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail side sectional elevation of the record-printing and recordfiling apparatus, the section being taken on line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section taken on line 4 4 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail side sectional elevation of a part of the coin-discharging mechanism, the section being taken on line 5 5 in Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section taken on line 6 6 in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a vertimodel.)

cal transverse section taken on line 7 7 in Fig.

1. Fig. 8 is a vertical transverse section taken on line 88 in Fig.1. Fig. 9 is a detail side elevation ofa part of the letter-box dooropening mechanism, showing the device in readiness for operating the (1001'. Fig. 10 is a similar view showing the device about to release the door to allow it to close. Fig. 11 is an enlarged side sectional elevation of the letter or package numbering mechanism, showing portions of the letter-weighing mechanism. Fig. 12 is apartial plan view of the weighing and Weight-recording mechanism. Fig. 13 is an enlarged frontelevation, partly in section, of a portion of the weighing mechanism and letter or package numbering mechanism. Fig. 14 is an enlarged front elevation of a portion of the machine, showing the numbering mechanisimwithaportion ofthe weighing mechanism partly in'section. Fig. 15 is a detail side elevation of the numbering mechanism. Fig. 16 is a vertical transverse'section of a portion of the weighing mechanism. Fig. 17 is a similar view showing the parts in different relation to each other. Fig. 18 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the coin-1e ceiving devices and locking and releasing mechanism. Fig. 19 is a sectional plan view of the automatic cut-ofi for preventing the insertion of coins when paper isexhansted from the machine. Fig. 20 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the printing mechanism, the section being taken on line 20 20 in Fig. 21. Fig. 21 is a front sectional elevation of the same, the section being taken on line 21 21 in Fig. 20. Fig. 22-is a sectional side elevation of the dating mechanism, the section being taken on line 22 22 in Fig. 23.

Fig. 23 is a plan view of a portion of the mechanism for handling the paper recordstrip. Fig. 2% is a vertical longitudinal section of the receipt-delivering device, taken on line 21 24 in Fig. 25. Fig. 25 is a vertical transverse section of the same, taken on line 25 25 in Fig. 24. Fig. 26 is a partial front elevation, partly in section, of the cam-roller mechanism for imparting motion to the numbering mechanism and inking-ribbon. Fig.

27 is an end elevation of the same, showing parts in section. Fig. 28 is a detail view of one of the cam-rollers developed on a plane, showing the latch mechanism. Fig.29 is a ICO plan view of the knife-carrying slide. Fig. 30 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 31 is an end elevation of the knife-carrying slide and knife, showing the relation of the same to the recordi'eceiving reel and record wound thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the safety device and alarm-bell. Fig. 33 isa detail inverted plan view of one of the double pawls. Fig. 34 is a front elevation of the safety device, and Fig. 35 is a longitudinal section of the air-cylinder for modifying the motion of the operating-lever: Fig. 36 represents a modification showing the letterreceptacle and mechanism connected therewith, and Figs. 37 and 38 represent the letterreceptacle and a safety device for preventing the delivery of the receipt when the letter is absent from the letter-receptacle.

The top of the casing l is provided with apertures 2, 3, and 4 having covers 5, 6, and 7, respectively. The covers 5 and 6 are secured to a rod 8, journaled in hearings on the top of the casing, so that both covers must be opened or closed simultaneously. The cover 7 is designed to be opened only when repairs or adjustment are required.

Below the aperture 3 is supported a table 9, over which extends an endless inking-ribbon 10, which is guided and supported by the rollers 11 12 13 14, Fig.3. Over the table and inking-ribbon extends a paper strip 15, which is unwound from the roller 16, and, after passing over the diagonal roller 17 to change its direction, passes under the guide-roller 18 and over the guide-roller 19, thence over the inking-ribbon and table 9, over the die 20, over the feedrollers 21, and between feedrollers 21 and 22. It will thus be seen that the paper strip extends lengthwise of the casing l in its passage through the main portion of the machine.

A paper strip 26 extending crosswise of the table 9 and over the strip 15 and inking-ribbon 10 at right angles to the strip 15 is stored on the roller 27, and passes over the guiderollers 28 29 30, being pressed on the roller 29 by a small roller 31. The strip 26 after passing over the table 9 passes over the guiderollers 32 33, and is finally wound on the reelv 34, supported on the shaft 35 journaled in the casing 1 and provided with a sprocket-wheel.

36, to which motion is imparted in the manner presently to be described.

The reel 34 has two equal arms 37 projecting in opposite directions from its shaft and two projections 38 extending from opposite sides of the shaft at right angles to the arms 37. The ends of the arms 37 are grooved to receive the followers 39, which are guided by rods 40 and pressed outwardly by spiral springs surrounding the rods. The followers 39 are each provided with a longitudinal groove 41 to allow space for the knife-edge while the paper is being cut and to allow the binding-twine to pass through. A knife 42 is attached to a spring-pressed arm 43, carried by a slide 44, arranged to move on a guide 45,

1 ends of the shafts 59 and 63 project. 1 end of the shaft 59 is secured an index 66, 1 the said index serving to adjust the wheel 49, carrying on its periphery figures for printing supported in a fixed position in the casing l. The slide 44 is furnished with a handle 46, by means of which it is drawn back and forth during the operation of cutting the paper.

The paper strip 26 consists of a strip of paper doubled upon itself and containing between the folds thereof a strip of impressionpaper. This arrangement insures the exact duplication on the lower part of the strip of the writing on the upper part of the strip and forms a receipt, which is to be detached and sent to the recipient of the letter for signature.

In the table 9 there are two apertures 45 46, and below the table is supported a frame 9', in which are secured horizontal rods 47 48. On the rod 47 are loosely placed dating-wheels 49 50, which are respectively provided with spur-wheels 51 52 fixed to them. In one side of the frame 9' is journaled one end of a shaft 53, the middle portion of which extends through a sleeve 54 journaled in the opposite side of the frame 9. On the shaft 53 is secured a spur-wheel 55, which engages the spur-wheel 52, and on the sleeve 54 is secured a spur-wheel 56, which engages the spur-wheel 51. The sleeve 54 is furnished with a bevelwheel 57, which is engaged by a bevel-wheel 58 on the shaft 59 extending through the side of the casing 1. The outer portion of the shaft 53 revolves in a journatbearing 60 and carries at its outer end a bevel-wheel 61, which is engaged by the bevel-wheel 62 on the shaft 63, extending through the side of the casing 1. Casing 1 is provided with a recess 64, Fig. 18, containing dials 65, through which the the day of the month, while theindex 67 on the shaft 63 serves for adjusting the wheel 50, i which carries characters or abbreviations representing the month. table 9: are placed blocks 69, on which are engraved figures representing the year and also =figures representing the number of the machine.

In a recess 68 in the On the rod 48 is placed aseries of number- Wheels 70, the first of the series being provided with a spur-wheel 71, which is fixed to it and meshes into the intermediate spurwheel 72, the said intermediate spur-wheel 72 being engaged bya spur-wheel 73 on the shaft 74, and shaft 74 carries a spur-wheel 7 5, which takes motion from a spur-wheel 76 on the shaft 77.

In the top of the casing 1 under the cover 6 are journaled two rock-shafts 78 79, which extend across the path of the paper strip 26 at right angles thereto. The rock-shaft 78 is provided at opposite ends with right-angled levers 80, whose longer arms project downwardly into the casing, while their shorter arms reach over the table 9 and are attached to the ends of a platen-bar 81, which extends over the date-wheels 49 50 and over the type- On the- 

